TY - BOOK AU - Beever,Allan TI - A theory of tort liability T2 - Hart studies in private law SN - 9781509903184 AV - K923 .B44 2016 U1 - 346.0301 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford, Portland, Oregon PB - Hart Publishing KW - Torts KW - Liability (Law) KW - fast KW - 86.39 civil law: other KW - nbc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Moral foundations -- The general theory of liability -- The form of liability in tort law -- Battery and trespass to property -- Trespass in general -- Defences to trespass -- Deceit -- The economic torts in the commonwealth : the conventional view -- Reconceptualising the economic torts -- Interference with contract in the US -- Injurious falsehood and malicious prosecution -- The law of negligence -- The law of defamation -- The mind -- Patient consent and the right to self-determination N2 - This book provides a comprehensive theory of the rights upon which tort law is based and the liability that flows from violating those rights. It considers the laws of Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States ER -